A local Vietnam War veteran wants to see a monument dedicated to the soldiers who were exposed to Agent Orange. Don Attie, commander of the Disabled American Veterans, Louis Paul Proy Chapter 20 in ...

One of the most tragic conflicts of the Cold War era (1945-1991), took place between the southeast Asian counties of North and South Vietnam. With some help from the Soviet Union, the communist forces ...

According to the federal government, an estimated 300,000 Vietnam veterans have died from the dangers of Agent Orange. The defoliant was heavily used during the conflict. Now, there is a new ...

MOUNTAIN HOME, Tenn. (WJHL)- More than 58,000 American soldiers died in the Vietnam War, but the number of those dying from its impacts continues to rise because of Agent Orange. “It was a very strong ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Veterans may be eligible to file a disability claim with the Veterans Administration based on exposure to Agent Orange or other herbicides in a wider range of locations, ...

To understand the predicament of World War II veterans exposed to mustard gas, take a look at what happened to another set of American veterans who were exposed to a different toxic chemical. Last ...

John Callahan figured that if he died in Vietnam, it would at least be in heroic fashion while fighting for his country. Callahan, a Hartford native, enlisted two weeks before his 17th birthday and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rendering depicts the updated design for a memorial honoring Vietnam veterans who died or were affected by exposure to Agent ...

Milton Ross leaned forward to let the white rain run off his helmet. The helicopter had just sprayed the area near Pleiku, where Ross was part of a 22-man special forces team on a long-range ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jun. 19—ROCHESTER — Not all U.S. service members who died from their duties in Vietnam are memorialized on the Vietnam War ...

SUNSET — Veterans Park has been chosen as the site for a new memorial marker, the culmination of a Davis County nonprofit’s longstanding effort to honor the hundreds of thousands of Vietnam War ...

As a young GI at Fort Ord in Monterey County, California, Dean Osborn spent much of his time in the oceanside woodlands, training on soil and guzzling water from streams and aquifers now known to be ...